X Factor 2010: Who is Chloe Mafia?

X Factor 2010 hopeful
Chloe Mafia – real name Chloe Heald – has been catapulted into the spotlight following a series of allegations that she is currently working as a prostitute.

Controversy: X Factor hopeful Chloe Mafia has refuted claims that she is a prostitute (Picture: Bebo)

The 19-year-old from Wakefield, Yorkshire, lists herself as a ‘hustler b***h’ on her profile for social networking site Bebo .

Mafia appeared on the talent show on Saturday, in front of guest judge Nicole Scherzinger , and managed two out-of-tune attempts at Summertime, then Shakira’s Underneath Your Clothes.

Despite being booed by the audience and Simon Cowell commenting ‘I’ve heard more rubbish from you in the last five minutes than I’ve ever heard,’ Mafia scraped through into the next round.

As a youngster, Mafia experienced a turbulent upbringing – an only child brought up by her mother and grandfather. According to reports, Mafia has never met her biological father, and her step-father hung himself when she was just nine years old.

Chloe ‘Mafia’ Heald strikes a pose on her Bebo page (Picture: Bebo)

Mafia is also reported to have been arrested a number of times, beginning age 13 when she crashed a car with then-boyfriend Ian Hough, and was later forced to wear an electronic tag for a year and banned from seeing Hough by Wakefield magistrates.

She is currently banned from Wakefield town centre and has been given a 7pm curfew.

Mafia, who has a 19-month-old daughter, Destiny, has also previously appeared on BBC Three makeover show Snog Marry Avoid, fronted by former Atomic Kitten star Jenny Frost .

Despite undergoing a ‘make-under’ Mafia insisted that she had ‘a chav heart’ and returned to her ‘unique’ look almost immediately.

A profile on an adult escorting website claiming to be Chloe Mafia , under the user name candy_escort, lists a number of ‘services’ available for £250 an hour. The profile, which includes a number of pictures of Mafia, describes the single mother as a size 8 with a 34DD chest and lists her height as 5ft9ins.

The profile states: ‘Hi guys and girls, I’m Candy, new to escorting, single for over six months and thought, hey, I’m sex starved, haha, so I thought I’d give this a go and so far, I’m loving it.

‘I stand tall at 5ft 8, lovely toned body and stunning face, I love to wear the most daring outfits so if this is your thing, please do say, hehe, I can fulfil every fantasy with my dirty mind so what you waiting for drop me a email babes or send a escort booking request!’

However, Mafia has since denied that she is, or has ever worked as an escort , calling the reports ‘heartbreaking’ during an interview with the Daily Mirror.

She stated: ‘I’ve done a lot of bad things but one thing I’m not is a prostitute,’ despite admitting that she had worked as a go-go dancer.

Chloe’s boot camp stages can be seen this Saturday on the X Factor on ITV1 at 7.30pm.